"There is good news in the latest Ookla broadband report. It found that states in which 60% or more of Speedtest users achieved the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC's) minimum standard for fixed broadband speeds - 100 Mbps downstream and 20 Mbps upstream - rose, from 22 states and the District of Columbia in the second half of 2024 to 38 states and D.C. in the first half of this year."
"Overall, the report found that broadband speeds are increasing across the country, while states with low populations and vast terrain continue to face challenges. The "50 U.S. States Broadband Speed Performance" report for the first half 2025 found that the digital divide between urban and rural users improved in the first half of 2025, with 33 states seeing the gap between the percentage of fixed urban users and fixed rural users receiving the minimum broadband speeds decline."
States in which 60% or more of Speedtest users achieved the FCC minimum standard for fixed broadband speeds (100 Mbps downstream and 20 Mbps upstream) increased from 22 states and the District of Columbia in the second half of 2024 to 38 states and D.C. in the first half of 2025. Broadband speeds are increasing across the country, though low-population, large-terrain states still face challenges. The urban-rural digital divide improved in 33 states and widened in 17. Connecticut, Delaware, New Jersey, Rhode Island, and North Dakota deliver at least 100/20 Mbps service to 70% of users. Starlink provides better rural speeds than urban in 26 states. Improvements are driven by Starlink, FWA, BEAD, and ISP fiber expansion, including a 2.3 million increase in AT&T fiber locations in H1 2025.
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